How to Animate Your Global Header with Divi

Your header is one of the most important parts of your website. It connects your pages, posts and calls to action. It’s also one of the things your visitors automatically go looking for, so they don’t waste any time finding what they’re looking for. If you’re looking for a way to emphasize your header, you’ll enjoy this post. We’ll show you how to animate your custom-built global header using Divi’s Theme Builder. The possibilities are endless, but we’ll show you two animation examples that you can get started with right away. You’ll be able to download the JSON files for free as well!

Let’s get to it.

Preview

Before we dive into the tutorial, le’ts take a quick look at the two examples across different screen sizes.

Example #1

Desktop

Mobile

Example #2

Desktop

Mobile

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1. Go to Divi Theme Builder & Start Building Global Header

Go to Divi Theme Builder

Start by going to the Divi Theme Builder in your WordPress backend.

Build Global Header From Scratch

Click on ‘Add Global Header’ and continue by selecting ‘Build Global Header’.

2. Build Global Header Block Design

Section Settings

Spacing

Once you’re inside the template editor, you can start building the global header. We’re making sure we have a ‘block’ design going on so that we can, later on, add animations to two different containers; column + module. Open the section you can notice inside the template editor and remove all default top and bottom padding.

• Top Padding: 0px
• Bottom Padding: 0px

Box Shadow

Add a box shadow next.

• Box Shadow Blur Strength: 80px
• Shadow Color: rgba(13,60,216,0.24)

Z Index

And make sure you increase the section’s z index in the advanced tab too. This will make sure the global header content will appear on top of all page/post content.

• Z Index: 99999

Add New Row

Column Structure

Continue by adding a new row to the section using the following column structure:

Sizing

Without adding any modules yet, open the row settings and allow the row to take up the screen’s entire width.

• Use Custom Gutter Width: Yes
• Gutter Width: 1
• Equalize Column Heights: Yes
• Width: 100%
• Max Width: 100%

Spacing

Remove all default top and bottom padding next.

• Top Padding: 0px
• Bottom Padding: 0px

Visibility

Make sure you set the row’s overflows to ‘visible’ too.

• Horizontal Overflow: Visible
• Vertical Overflow: Visible

Column Settings (All Three)

Background Color

Once you’ve completed the row settings, you’ll need to style the columns as well. Open each one of the columns and change their background color accordingly:

• Column 1 Background Color: #efefef
• Column 2 Background Color: #ffcb0f
• Column 3 Background Color: #2848ff

Spacing

Add some custom top and bottom padding to each column as well.

• Top Padding: 0.5vw (Desktop), 1vw (Tablet & Phone)
• Bottom Padding: 0.5vw (Desktop), 1vw (Tablet & Phone)

Main Element

And to make sure all column content is centered vertically, we’ll add three lines of CSS code to each column’s main element.

display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;

Column 1 Z Index

Last but not least, open the column 1 settings and increase the z index in the visibility settings.

• Z Index: 10

Add Menu Module to Column 1

Select Menu

Time to add modules, starting with a Menu Module in column 1. Select a menu of your choice.

Upload Logo

Upload your logo next.

Remove Background

Continue by removing the module’s background color.

Layout

Move on to the design tab and make sure the following settings apply to the layout:

• Style: Left Aligned
• Dropdown Menu Direction: Downwards

Menu Text Settings

Style the text settings next:

• Menu Font: Montserrat
• Menu Text Color: #000000
• Menu Text Size: 0.7vw (Desktop), 2vw (Tablet), 3vw (Phone)

Dropdown Menu Settings

Along with the dropdown menu settings.

• Dropdown Menu Line Color: #ffffff

Icons Settings

And change the hamburger menu icon color too.

• Hamburger Menu Icon Color: #2848ff

Sizing

Continue by changing the logo max width across different screen sizes.

• Logo Max Width: 6vw (Desktop), 9vw (Tablet), 13vw (Phone)

Spacing

And complete the module’s settings by adding some left and right margin.

• Left Margin: 2vw
• Right Margin: 2vw

Add Code Module to Column 1

Insert CSS Code for VW Responsiveness

Now, in the menu module, we’ve used the viewport width unit for our text size and spacing values. We did this to make sure you can place up to 8 menu items across different desktop screen sizes, without it splitting up into two lines. We’ll need to make sure the space between the menu items is created with the vw unit as well. To do that, we’ll add a Code Module to column 1 and insert the following lines of CSS code:

<style>
.et-menu>li {
padding-left: 1vw !important;
padding-right: 1vw !important;
}
</style>

Add Social Media Follow Module to Column 2

Add Social Networks

On to the next column, there, we’ll need a Social Media Follow Module. Add the social networks of your choice.

Reset Social Network Styles Individually

Continue by resetting each network’s settings.

Alignment

Complete the module’s settings by changing the module alignment.

• Module Alignment: Center

Add Button Module to Column 3

Add Copy

On to the next and last column. There, we’ll only need a Button Module. Add some copy of your choice.

Alignment

Move on to the design tab and change the button alignment.

• Button Alignment: Center

Button Settings

Complete the module’s settings by styling the button.

• Use Custom Styles For Button: Yes
• Button Text Size: 1vw (Desktop), 1.2vw (Tablet), 2vw (Phone)
• Button Text Color: #ffffff
• Button Border Width: 0px

• Button Border Radius: 0px
• Button Font: Montserrat
• Button Font Weight: Ultra Bold
• Button Font Style: Uppercase

3. Add Matching Animation to Elements

Global Header Animation Combo #1

Column 1 Animation

Now that we’ve built the global header, it’s time to add the animations! To recreate the first animation, open the column 1 settings and add the following animation:

• Animation Style: Zoom
• Animation Direction: Up
• Animation Starting Opacity: 100%

Column 2 Animation

Add the following animation settings to column 2 next:

• Animation Style: Zoom
• Animation Direction: Down
• Animation Delay: 500ms
• Animation Starting Opacity: 100%

Column 3 Animation

Complete the column settings by assigning the following animation to column 3:

• Animation Style: Zoom
• Animation Direction: Up
• Animation Delay: 1000ms
• Animation Starting Opacity: 100%

Module Animations (All Three Modules)

Once you’ve completed the column settings, open each one of the modules individually and use the following animation for them:

• Animation Style: Fade
• Animation Delay: 1500ms

Global Header Animation Combo #2

Column 1 Animation

Want to recreate the second animation set instead? Open the column 1 settings and add the following animation:

• Animation Style: Slide
• Animation Direction: Up
• Animation Starting Opacity: 100%

Column 2 Animation

Use the following animation settings for column 2 next:

• Animation Style: Slide
• Animation Direction: Up
• Animation Delay: 500ms
• Animation Starting Opacity: 100%

Column 3 Animation

And complete the column settings by applying the following animation settings to column 3:

• Animation Style: Slide
• Animation Direction: Up
• Animation Delay: 1000ms
• Animation Starting Opacity: 100%

Module Animations (All Three Modules)

Then, open each module individually and add the following animation:

• Animation Style: Slide
• Animation Direction: Down
• Animation Delay: 1500ms

4. Save Builder Changes & View Result

Once you’ve completed the animation settings, you can save the global header, exit the Theme Builder and view the outcome on your website!

Preview

Now that we’ve gone through all the steps, let’s take a final look at the examples across different screen sizes.

Example #1

Desktop

Mobile

Example #2

Desktop

Mobile

Final Thoughts

In this tutorial, we’ve shown you how to animate your global header using Divi’s built-in options and the Theme Builder. This is a great way to draw attention to your website’s header. With Divi’s built-in animation options, the possibilities are endless. To help you get started, we’ve shown you two different examples. You were able to download the JSON files for free as well!

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